Einsatzgruppen: The Nazi Death Squads (Einsatzgruppen : Les commandos de la mort)

Overview

This documentary series examines the Einsatzgruppen, Nazis responsible for the mass murder of Jews, Romani and Soviet prisoners in Eastern Europe.

Key Crew

Top Cast

Paul Bandey

Narration: English

Christian Ingrao

Self, Historian

Christopher R. Browning

Self, Historian

Jürgen Matthäus

Self, Historian

Halina Jankoska

Lithuanian Witness, Self

Regina Jablonska

Lithuanian Witness, Self

Anatoly Lipinski

Lithuanian Witness, Self

Volodymyr Vizniak

Ukrainian Witness, Self

Seasons

• Season 1

Season 1 (2009)

No overview available.

4 episodes

Episodes

Episode 1: Mass Graves (June-August 1941)

2009-04-16

This first episode provides context for when, how and why the mobile death squads, or EZG, were established.

Runtime: 46 min

Episode 2: Judenfrei (September-December 1941)

2009-04-16

In December 1941, after the EZG’s intervention, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and the Baltic states are declared “Judenfrei”: free of Jews.

Runtime: 48 min

Episode 3: The Pyres (1942–1943)

2009-04-23

Faced with the advancing Soviet troops, Nazi Germany decides to have the bodies of death camp victims dug up and burned in graves.

Runtime: 42 min

Episode 4: The Reckoning (1943–1947)

2009-04-23

After being judged at the Nuremberg trials, the majority of those responsible for the murder of nearly 1.5 million Jews would walk free in the 1950s.

Runtime: 47 min

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